Cook v. Ind. School Dist.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton Circuit Court. The plaintiff, by bis petition, avers that on June 1, 1872, the- defendant employed the plaintiff to teach its school as principal, at a salary of $900, for tlie usual term, commencing September 2, 1872, and ending June 28, 1873, and tbe plaintiff agreed to teach- therefor.
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Appeal from Clayton Circuit Court. The plaintiff, by bis petition, avers that on June 1, 1872, the- defendant employed the plaintiff to teach its school as principal, at a salary of $900, for tlie usual term, commencing September 2, 1872, and ending June 28, 1873, and tbe plaintiff agreed to teach- therefor. That tlie defendant made a record of such contract iii its book, at the time, as follows: “June 1, 1872, Board of Directors of North McGregor Independent School District met at school house. Members of the Board all present; called to order at eight o’clock, p. m. President George Keen in…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Our statute provides that “all contracts with teachers shall be in writing, specifying the length of time the school'is to be taught in weeks; and such other.matters as may be agreed upon; • and shall be signed by the sub-director and teacher, and be approved and filed with the president, before the teacher, enters upon the discharge of his duties.” Section 51, School Laws of 1872. The power to ratify a contract which failed to conform to the provisions of this section, was affirmed in- the case of Athearn v. The Independent School *446District of Millersburg, 33 Iowa, 105. And it was there also…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Athearn v. Independent District of MillersburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
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- School District No. 15 ex rel. Baird v. WoodIdaho Supreme Court · 1919
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